15 arrested in child sex solicitation sting

Fifteen men were arrested in a child sex solicitation sting in St. Johns County over a five day period last week and this week, deputies said.

According to deputies, undercover detectives posed as children or parents online to arrange for the suspects to meet them at an undercover house.

The suspects were arrested when they showed up at the home in St. Augustine.

Three came from Volusia County, three came from south Georgia, two were from St. Johns, Duval and Alachua counties, and one each came from Clay, Nassau and Flagler counties.

The arrested included Edward Myers, 20, a college student from Daytona; Nicholas Stanley, 25, a tutor from Port Orange; Richard Copeland, 47, a school bus driver in St. Augustine; and Christopher Holt, 19, from Mayport, who is enlisted in the Navy.

In the case of 43-year-old Vyacheslav Azarov of Palm Coast, investigators said he thought he was talking online to a parent and arranging through the adult to have sex with the child.

Michael Baggott, 20, from Georgia, told police he is a criminal justice student.

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